Lectionary Calendar
Sunday, November 10th, 2024
the Week of Proper 27 / Ordinary 32
Attention!
StudyLight.org has pledged to help build churches in Uganda. Help us with that pledge and support pastors in the heart of Africa.
Click here to join the effort!

Bible Dictionaries
Troas

Holman Bible Dictionary

Search for…
or
1 2 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z
Prev Entry
Triumphal Entry
Next Entry
Trogyllium
Resource Toolbox
Additional Links
(troh ass) A city in northwest Asia Minor visited by Paul during his second and third missionary journeys (Acts 16:8 ,Acts 16:8,16:11; Acts 20:5-6; 2 Corinthians 2:12; 2 Timothy 4:13 ). Troas was founded before 300 B.C. by Antigonus, a successor of Alexander the Great and was located about ten miles south of the city of Troy. The emperor Augustus (31 B.C.—14 A.D.) made it a Roman colony. It served as an important seaport in the Roman Empire for those traveling between Asia Minor and Macedonia. Today, ruins of the city wall (about six miles in circumference), a theater, and an aqueduct remain. See Asia Minor; Paul .

Scott Langston

Bibliography Information
Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Troas'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hbd/​t/troas.html. 1991.
 
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile